Broom.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

. ROSENBAUM.

BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1s, 190e.

@wwwa/Joao UNITED 'STATES RALPH RosENBAUM. 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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This invention relates to improvements in brooms.

The object of the invention is to provide a broom having arranged on theupper, end of its head a shield or cap and on its side edges guardplates bg. means of which the u per edge's of the broom head areprotected rom abrasion or wearing by coming into contact "withobstructions having rough surfaces.

A further object is to provide an improved means for securing the edgeprotecting plates on the broom head.

With the above and other'objects in View, the invention consists ofcertain novel features -of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter de'- scribedandclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a broken perspective view ofa broom constructed in accordance with the invention Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on a line with one of the shield andhandle fastening devices; and Fig. 3 is a similar view taken throughlthe side protecting or'guard plates on a line with one of the rows ofstitching for'securing said plates to the broom head.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 denotes the broom head,to which is secured the handle 2. On the upper end of the broom head 1is arranged a ca or shield 3, which is preferably formed f a 's eetmetal strip or band bent around the up er end ofl the broom head, theends of said s 'eld plate being slipped over each other to a suitabledistance, as shown. l

Through the shield and the upper end of the broom head is inserted twoor more fastening devices 4, said devices being here shown and arepreferably in the form of staples, theends of which, after being passedthrough one side of the shield and the broom head are passed through thelapped ends of the opposite side of the shield, after which said endsare bent at right angles and again forced through the lapped ends of theshield Specification of Letters Patent. vApplication led August 16,19D8. Serial No. .330;885

PAm'rENT oFFIcE.

Patented April 30, 1907.

and into the lower end of the broom handle, thereby serving the doublefunction of, fastening the shield onto the head of the broom and alsosecuring the handle in said head.

On the sides of .the upper portion of the broom headare arranged curvedguard plates 5, the upper ends of which are inserted beneath the loweredge of the shield 3 and held in placethereby. Thel guards are looselysecured at their upper ends under the cap 3 and are therefore preferablymade of a substantially uniform width throughout their len ths for thepurpose of securing a snflicient y rigid fastening without the necessityof rigidly connecting the upper ends with the cap. In the lower end ofthe guard plates 5 adjacent to each edge are formed a series of.perforations 6, through which and the head of the broom is adapted to beassed the end cross threads 7, with which the room is stitched. Thecross threads 7 are Ilooped laround the binding or.horizontal threads 8of the broom in the usual manner, said binding threads being passedaround the outer side orf the guard plates, thereby securely fasteningthe same to the edges of the broom head. By thus fastening the guardplates, the same are secured simultaneously with the stitching of thebroom head, said threads serving the two-fold purpose of holding thebroom head together and the guard plates in place. It

also avoids the placing of any of the threadsl in straining or drawingcontact with the sharp edges of the perforations 6, as the threads 8pass over said holes and the threads 7 through them, whereby the strainor contact 'of the threads 8 is upon .the smooth outer faces of theplates 5, and the strain or contact of the threads 7 is upon the threads8.

By providing a shield or cap on the upper end of the broom head andguard plates on the edges thereof to extend below the lower end of saidshield, the broom straws will be ICO oiple or sacrificing any-of theadvantages o'r this invention, as dened by the appended claim. Y

Having thus deseribed'rny invention, what I olairn as new and desire tosecure b v Letters-Patent, is :f-

In a broom7 a cap on the head thereof, a curved guard plate on each sideof the broom, the upper end of Whioh'is removably seated under said capand the lower end is perforated upon each edge, binding threads aroundthe head and around the lower ends of said plates, said threads passingover said Dertorations, and cross threads through thehead and throughsaid 4perforations and around 15 the binding threads, whereby thestraining ,Contact of the threads with sharp edges is avoided. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witzo GEO. S. RUssEY, A. G. STEINHEIMER.

